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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101350550612

ISBN-139781350550612

eBay Product ID (ePID)3073464802

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCultural History of Plants in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

SubjectPlants / General, Social History, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)

Publication Year2025

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaNature, Social Science, History

AuthorJennifer Milam

SeriesThe Cultural Histories Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingA

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal580.903

Table Of ContentSeries Preface List of Illustrations Introduction: Plants and Culture during the Enlightenment, Jennifer Milam and Garritt Van Dyk 1. Plants as Staple Foods, Jane Levi 2. Plants as Luxury Foods, Garritt Van Dyk 3. Trade & Exploration, Sarah Easterby-Smith 4. Plant Technology & Science, Alexandra Cook 5. Plants & Medicine, Clare Griffin 6. Plants in Culture, Stephen Bending 7. Plants as Natural Ornament, Mark Laird 8. The Representation of Plants, Ekaterina Heath and Jennifer Milam Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors

SynopsisA Cultural History of Plants in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries covers the period from 1650 to 1800, a time of global exploration and the discovery of new species of plants and their potential uses. Trade routes were established which brought Europeans into direct contact with the plants and people of Asia, Oceania, Africa and the Americas. Foreign and exotic plants become objects of cultivation, collection, and display, whilst the applications of plants became central not only to naturalists, landowners, and gardeners but also to philosophers, artists, merchants, scientists, and rulers. As the Enlightenment took hold, the natural world became something to be grasped through reasoned understanding. The six-volume set of the Cultural History of Plants presents the first comprehensive history of the uses and meanings of plants from prehistory to today. The themes covered in each volume are plants as staple foods; plants as luxury foods; trade and exploration; plant technology and science; plants and medicine; plants in culture; plants as natural ornaments; the representation of plants. Jennifer Milam is Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Art History, University of Newcastle, Australia. A Cultural History of Plants in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries is the fourth volume in the six-volume set, A Cultural History of Plants , also available online as part of Bloomsbury Cultural History, a fully-searchable digital library (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com). General Editors: Annette Giesecke, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and David Mabberley, University of Oxford, UK., Looks at the history and meanings of plants in the period from 1650-1800, a time of global exploration and the discovery of new species of plants and their potential uses.